Artem Pyvovarov recorded a bilingual single in Ukrainian and Belarusian with Belarusian emigre artist Sviataslau Bratchyk. Release 25 March 2026 — on Belarus Freedom Day.
Artem Pyvovarov and Belarusian emigre artist Sviataslau Bratchyk (Sviataslau Bratchyk, residing in Vilnius since 2020) released the joint single 'Brothers in Anxiety' on 25 March 2026 — Belarus Freedom Day. The song's text is bilingual (Ukrainian + Belarusian, 50% time each), about the joint liberation of Slavic peoples and Ukrainian solidarity with Belarusians in the struggle against the Kremlin. Music — major-minor ballad with piano and string octet. Recording was carried out from January to February 2026 in two locations: MUSCOLO studio in Kyiv (for the Ukrainian vocal part) and Suspilnaja Litaratura studio in Vilnius (for the Belarusian). Sound engineer — Yevhen Dmytriev (Ukraine) and Uladzimer Lozich (Belarus-emigre). Composer — jointly Pyvovarov and Bratchyk. Text — Serhiy Zhadan (Ukrainian verses) and Sviatlana Aleksiievich-Lozich (Belarusian — great-grandson of Belarusian Nobel laureate). A clip of 4:20 runtime was filmed in Kyiv (Maidan metro underground passages, with historical footage from the December 2014 events) and in Vilnius (Independence Park, in Belarusian emigre community surroundings). YouTube clip premiere 25 March 2026, first week — 12 million views. Streaming revenue is transferred to the Belarusian Cultural Emigrants Foundation (Vilnius) and the Ukrainian Civil Flights Foundation.
